Remote Senior Data & AI Delivery Lead

EPAM Systems Inc; Boston (MA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 205,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance (

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

Life and AD&D Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

LinkedIn learning solutions

401(k) matching

Paid Time Off

Paid Holidays

Legal Plan

Identity Theft Protection

Accident Insurance

Employee Discounts

Pet Insurance

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Bonuses and LTI

Job summary

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to guide end-to-end data and AI program delivery. You will lead distributed teams through platform modernization, GenAI initiatives, and production-grade analytics, while serving as a trusted advisor to client leadership.

You will own scope, schedule, budget, and quality, drive data governance, and promote AI-ready data and responsible-AI practices. This role requires strong executive communication and experience delivering data platforms

Qualifications

• 8+ years in IT with 4+ years in delivery management of data or analytics programs.
• 3+ years hands-on as Data Engineer, Architect, BI/Analytics Engineer, or Data Scientist.
• Delivered data platforms to production on at least one major cloud (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and a modern data platform.
• Delivery experience on at least one AI/ML or GenAI initiative in production.
• Hands-on use of AI tools in your delivery practice.
• Strong understanding of data governance, data quality, and MLOps fundamentals.
• Full ownership of project financials: budget, forecasting, margin, and change control.
• Strong client-facing and executive communication skills at Director/VP level.

Responsibilities

• Own scope, schedule, quality, budget, and margin for data engagements from discovery through production and hypercare.
• Lead delivery of data platform modernization (lakehouse, cloud migration, streaming, data mesh) and AI use cases built on it.
• Ensure data is AI-ready by driving quality, lineage, metadata, access controls, and governance.
• Bring AI-accelerated practices into teams: AI coding assistants, agent-assisted tooling, automated documentation, and AI-driven planning.
• Set up human-in-the-loop controls, auditability, and responsible-AI practices.
• Measure and report delivery velocity, quality, cost-to-serve, and AI adoption.
• Lead distributed teams of 15-60+ across nearshore/offshore locations.
• Act as primary delivery contact for client Directors and VPs; run governance and steering meetings.
• Collaborate with solution architects on technical decisions and uphold EPAM standards.
• Support pre-sales with shaping solutions, estimates, and delivery approaches.
• Identify expansion opportunities and move engagements toward outcome-based models.
• Capture reusable accelerators and contribute to the practice.
• Mentor delivery leads and grow AI-native delivery capability.

Skills

Delivery management

Data platforms

Cloud platforms

GenAI delivery

Governance MLOps

Budget forecasting

Executive comms

Tools

Databricks

Snowflake

Microsoft Fabric

BigQuery

Job description

EPAM Systems, Inc. is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager to guide end-to-end data and AI program delivery. You will lead distributed teams through platform modernization, GenAI initiatives, and production-grade analytics, while serving as a trusted advisor to client leadership.

You will own scope, schedule, budget, and quality, drive data governance, and promote AI-ready data and responsible-AI practices. This role requires strong executive communication and experience delivering data platforms